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Security threats : weapons of mass destruction?

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Moderator

Krogh, Peter F. (Peter Frederic)

Person Interviewed

Tenet, GeorgeLake, Anthony

Abstract

George Tenet, director of the Central Intelligence Agency, and Anthony Lake, former National Security Advisor, discuss nuclear proliferation, chemical and biological weapons, and cyberterrorism in the post Cold War world.

Description

The end of the Cold War led many to believe that a reduction in weapons of mass destruction would follow. Instead it led to nuclear and ballistic missile proliferation. This reality posed a grave threat to security. George Tenet, director of the Central Intelligence Agency, and Anthony Lake, former National Security Advisor, discuss nuclear proliferation, chemical and biological weapons, and cyberterrorism in the post-Cold War world. Discussing ways to dissuade counties like North Korea and Iran to join the nuclear weapons club, as well as ways to protect against terrorism, Lake and Tenet lead the modern audience to assess the success of our history of deterrence.